Safety Cabinet Color Guide

A wide selection of colors

Using color and labeling in your storage practices helps identify, organize
and segregate liquids. It also helps fire department personnel recognize hazards
when responding to fire situations. While regulatory codes do not mandate the
specific color of safety cabinets, industry has customarily observed the
following:

How to specify a color for your liquid and waste material safety cabinet:

Generally, these cabinets function the same way (materials may be different
in some cases, such as corrosives and acid cabinets). But when it comes to safe
storage of flammable or hazardous liquids, easy identification is key, and color
is one of the best ways to differentiate the various type of cabinet to use for
a particular liquid type.

Yellow: For flammable liquids

Red: For combustible liquids

Blue: For corrosive liquids

Green: For pesticides and insecticides

White: For gray or miscellaneous hazardous waste materials

Other neutral colors for laboratory settings, or to match existing case
work

If you have questions about safety cabinets, contact Cisco-Eagle customer
service.

Using color and labeling in your storage practices helps identify, organize
and segregate liquids. It also helps fire department personnel recognize hazards
when responding to fire situations. While regulatory codes do not mandate the
specific color of safety cabinets, industry has customarily observed the
following:

How to specify a color for your liquid and waste material safety cabinet:

Generally, these cabinets function the same way (materials may be different
in some cases, such as corrosives and acid cabinets). But when it comes to safe
storage of flammable or hazardous liquids, easy identification is key, and color
is one of the best ways to differentiate the various type of cabinet to use for
a particular liquid type.

Yellow: For flammable liquids

Red: For combustible liquids

Blue: For corrosive liquids

Green: For pesticides and insecticides

White: For gray or miscellaneous hazardous waste materials

Other neutral colors for laboratory settings, or to match existing case
work

If you have questions about safety cabinets, contact Cisco-Eagle customer
service.